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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4463309, member: 33"]I looked in a book that I own that lists actors from the 19th century. I also searched through Google for "famous people named dunning." This search did find a Wikipedia listing for that surname: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_(surname)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_(surname)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_(surname)</a></p><p>I looked at all of the men on that list who might have been young adults in 1871. However, none of them resembled the man in your CDV.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also knew of a British actress named Alice Dunning Lingard, who came to the United States. I searched for biographical information to see whether she had a brother. There were no results that indicated that she did.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all that I did. More research could be done, but it is time consuming. It may not be worth your time to do it, unless you are interested in searching. It is difficult because you would be starting only with a surname and the name of the photographer and also the place: New York City.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4463309, member: 33"]I looked in a book that I own that lists actors from the 19th century. I also searched through Google for "famous people named dunning." This search did find a Wikipedia listing for that surname: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning_(surname)[/URL] I looked at all of the men on that list who might have been young adults in 1871. However, none of them resembled the man in your CDV. I also knew of a British actress named Alice Dunning Lingard, who came to the United States. I searched for biographical information to see whether she had a brother. There were no results that indicated that she did. This is all that I did. More research could be done, but it is time consuming. It may not be worth your time to do it, unless you are interested in searching. It is difficult because you would be starting only with a surname and the name of the photographer and also the place: New York City.[/QUOTE]
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